Re-enchanting Nationalisms: Rituals and Remembrances in a Postmodern Age - Couverture souple

West, Brad

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1493950460 ISBN 13 : 9781493950461

Editeur : Springer, 2016

Synopsis

This book provides original insight into the way we now engage and remember national history. Drawing on fieldwork and analysis of international case studies on state commemoration, memorialization, recreational and tourism and times of disaster and crisis, the author demonstrates that not only does the nation frequently retain a strong cultural relevance in our global world but that the emergence of new forms of ritual and remembrance means that in many instances we are seeing the re-enchantment of nationalism. Drawing upon and developing an empirically informed cultural sociology, the author charts the distinctive qualities of these new national rites and how they feed into and advance particular cosmopolitan and orthodox national politics. Because social science has so often wrongly assumed the end of nationalism, the insights of this of the book about the possibilities and limitations of contemporary nationalism demand serious consideration by academics and also by policy makers and the general public.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Springer
• Date d'édition: 2016
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1493950460
• ISBN 13: 9781493950461
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 176
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